PORT MOODY
• Summer Code Camps: Learn how to make your own computer games and animations using Scratch! on Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., July 25, Aug. 1 and 8 in Port Moody Public Library’s ParkLane Room. This is for kids ages eight and older, one class per child (parents must attend). Call 604-469-4577 to register.
• Wild Things Party: On Saturday, July 29, let the wild rumpus at the library begin with stories, games, monster-taming and crafts for all your wild things. The party starts at 11 a.m. and runs to 12:30 p.m.
• Board games and books: Drop into PMPL’s children’s area for personalized reading recommendations provided by expert children’s librarians. Find the perfect book for your reader, no matter what their age, interest, or reading level. Librarians love to connect kids with books that they can’t put down every Thursday through Aug. 10 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
For more info, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.
TERRY FOX
• Get your medal: You can walk on the wild side with ventriloquist Kellie Haines and her puppet friends Magrau the bird and Kamilla the frog at Terry Fox Library’s Summer Reading Club medal ceremony next month. Kids can enjoy stories, songs and dancing while watching and wondering just who is doing all the talking. There will be plenty of laughs and opportunities to join the fun with this Aug. 21 show at the Leigh Square bandshell: Haines’ performance will run from 2 to 2:45 p.m. and the medal ceremony will go from 2:45 to 3:15 p.m.
For more info, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-927-7999.
COQUITLAM
• Hello Hoopla: Hoopla is here. Instantly borrow eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies and movies with your library card. Click Hoopla at coqlibrary.ca, then use your Coquitlam Public Library card to log in and start reading, watching and listening. You get five checkouts per month per card and you must be a Coquitlam resident to borrow (your PIN is usually the last four digits of your phone number unless you have changed it).
For more information about any of these programs, visit www.coqlibrary.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.
